It is much cheaper and easier to apply for an EAD to work than to apply for an H-1B. Also unless your offer is from a cap-exempt employer or you have been on an H-1B within the last 6 years, there are no H-1B's until October 1, 2014 and the earliest you can apply is April 1, 2014.

Why in the world would you want to try for a messy/expensive/complicated H when you can get a low-cost and easy L-2 EAD??????

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